15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Robots
Choosing a WordPress plugin for robots comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.
We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.
How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.
At a glance
WP Robots Txt Allows you to edit the content of your robots.txt file.
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Take control of your WordPress core XML Sitemap and add a Google News Sitemap.
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Virtual Robots.txt automatically creates a robots.txt file for your site. Your robots.txt file can be easily edited from the plugin settings page.
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Adds a custom set of <meta> tags to the <head> section of all posts & pages.
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Sends HTTP 410 (Gone) responses for deleted content, telling search engines the page is permanently removed.
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Control search engine indexing with robots directives using HTML meta tags or HTTP headers.
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Create clean, complete, and up-to-date sitemaps for your WordPress website automatically.
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This plugin automatically creates a robots.txt analyzing your site to improve your Google ranking and site performance.
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WordPress SEO插件和站长工具，支持百度推送、收录查询、Sitemap网站地图、robots优化、蜘蛛日志、IndexNow推送、内链优化、关键词监控和GEO优化。
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Easily create, edit, and manage your site's robots.txt file directly from the WordPress admin panel.
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Disables the robots meta tag added by WordPress.
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Lightweight Free WordPress SEO: meta tags, schema, Open Graph, redirects, robots, LLMS, MD, sitemap. No bloat, no tracking. Visible to search and AI.
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Cryptex transforms plain-text E-Mail-Addresses into Images - automatically - No scrapers. No harvesters. No spambots. That's our goal!
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Crawler Record tells you the last time each of the most common search/chat bots visited (Google, ChatGPT, etc)- and the pages at which they looked.
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An easy-to-use plugin that generates and configures a proper robots.txt file, essential for effective search engine optimization (SEO).
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